John Paul Warren II

Sunday

Nov 5, 2017 at 3:01 AM

MEDFIELD, MA - John Paul Warren II, 58, a long-time resident of Medfield and beloved husband and father of three, passed away on Thursday, November 2.

Known by loved ones and friends as "Jack," he will be remembered for many things, including his community contributions, his successful stewardship of his family business, his sharp wit and intellect, his loyal and warm friendships, his love of basketball, literature, jazz and the Cape.

But he will always be remembered, first and foremost, for his love and absolute devotion to his family, especially his wife of 29 years, Geralyn Margaret (Perpall) Warren, and his three children, John Paul Warren III (27) of South Boston, Catherine Frances Warren (25) of South Boston and Edward Alexander Warren (22), a senior at the University of Kentucky.

His entire family - including his surviving parents, John and Clare Warren of South Dennis, and his siblings Mary Elizabeth Molloy of Guilford, Conn., Francis William Warren of Vestby, Norway, and Thomas Warren of Duxbury, and all his beloved in-laws and nieces and nephews - were the bedrock of his life. No favor or sacrifice was too much for him when it came to family, whether it was organizing and coaching youth sports teams involving his children or driving 16 hours straight to pick up one of them up at college.

Born in Melrose, Mass. and raised in Framingham, Mass., he was a graduate of Framingham High School (Class of 1977), where he was a member of the National Honor Society and played varsity basketball for two years. He attended Tufts University (Class of 1981), majoring in English and graduating cum laude. At Tufts, he made numerous college and life-long friends who will always remember him for his strong wit, intelligence, charisma, mischievous streak and love of literature, rugby and jazz, one of his life-long passions.

He later took over his family business, originally founded by his father, during turbulent times for the printing industry after the onset of the commercial Internet in the mid-1990s. Despite the daunting odds and challenges, he is credited with successfully transitioning Warren Business Graphics of Waltham into new competitive fields and was known as an outstanding business leader and salesman whose word was as good as gold.

In Medfield, he will be remembered by many for, among other things, his years coaching CYO basketball, organizing a youth traveling basketball team (the Renegades) that won a league championship, and helping create and fund with other fathers the first varsity girl's hockey team at Medfield High School, which his daughter played on for four years.

He loved playing golf, tennis and, above all, pick-up basketball over the years with friends, right up to the week before he passed away.

Besides his wife, children, parents and siblings, he is survived by his cherished sister-in-law, Dr. Carole Smith of Duxbury, and his nieces and nephews -- Julianna, Charlie, and Shane Molloy, and William, Emilie, Patrick, Matthew, and Bridget Warren.